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Japanese Fruitiness

So why do Japanese games depict men in such a feminine looking way ? is it


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Not all games go more fruity it seems
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Cael

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The correct answer is that it is cultural. FF7 even lampshaded the whole thing:
Cloud is the androgynous one whom women fawn over and is interested in women.
The bunch of 'roided out musclemen in the dojo were a bunch of homosexual crossdressers with the best g-string in the game.

The Japanese view musclemen as homosexuals and androgynes as desirable. Simple as that.

And given certain rumours about the musclemen of the WWE, the Japanese might be on to something...
 

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Even the chocolate bar isn't safe from Japanese frutiness
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KitKat now pink !
I'd actually be surprised if Kit-Kats didn't come in pink over there; they reportedly have some weird national obsession with them, said to be entirely based around homophonic equivalence of the product name to one one of their cultural idioms for "break a leg". You're supposed to buy a unique flavor you know the recipient will love as a well-wishes gift for exam time.
 

Oracsbox

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The transition of Cloud
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Eh...can't really fault 'em there. Have you ever taken a look at the Amano reference drawings for the 'classic' Final Fantasies? Same shit, different art style (superior, I'd argue, yet the point still remains).

He still looks like a ponce.
NOUN
  1. BRITISH
    informal
    derogatory
    an effeminate man.
    synonyms:
    coward · weakling · milksop · namby-pamby · crybaby · baby · milquetoast · weed · softie · snowflake · pansy · ponce · nancy · chicken· wet · mummy's boy · big girl's blouse · jessie · yellow-belly · funk · pantywaist · cupcake · pussy · sook · moffie · poltroon
 

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